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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Iphigenia Among Taurians.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Medea": What does Jason promise Medea he will provide for her?
(a) A father for his sons.
(b) A home and money.
(c) A place to go.
(d) Love for his sons.

2. "Andromache": What is Andromache's relationship to Neoptolemos?
(a) Nurse.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) Wife.
(d) Slave.

3. "Alcestis": What is the woman dressed in when Heracles returns with her?
(a) A mask.
(b) A caftan.
(c) A robe.
(d) A veil.

4. "Trojan Women": What happens to the citadel when Hecuba is done burying her grandson?
(a) It stops burning.
(b) It goes up in flames.
(c) It collapses.
(d) Nothing.

5. "Medea": What reason does Medea give Creon for staying one more day?
(a) To put her affairs in order.
(b) To say goodbye to Jason.
(c) To gather her things.
(d) To help her sons adjust.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": Medea states that women are generally timid. What does she say will make them become deadly?

2. "Hippolytus": Where is Hippolytus's father in exile?

3. "Trojan Women": Hecuba laments the death of whom?

4. "Alcestis": Who agrees to die in place of Admetus?

5. "Ion": Where at the temple does Hermes place the baby?

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